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Table 1 Threshold effect analysis of infertility duration (years) on the CPR

From: The relationship between duration of infertility and clinical outcomes of intrauterine insemination for younger women: a retrospective clinical study

Outcome

Clinical pregnancy

Model I (linear)

aOR

95% CI

p value

Linear effect

0.950

(0.910, 0.990)

0.057

Model II (polyline)

aOR

95% CI

p value

Predicted threshold (K, infertility duration, years)

5.0

Effect 1 (< K)

0.978

(0.916, 1.026)

0.392

Effect 2 (> K)

0.894

(0.817, 0.991)

0.043

variability of effectiveness

0.926

(0.808, 1.061)

0.251

Logarithmic likelihood ratio test

0.024

  1. CPR: clinical pregnancy rate; aOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; K: predicted threshold
  2. Adjust for: female age, male age, BMI, Baseline FSH, AFC, number of cycles, protocol, endometrial thickness and number of progressive motility spermatozoa after treatment